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Ford River Rouge complex

Ford River Rouge complex
Aerial view of the Rouge complex in 1927
Ford River Rouge complex is located in Michigan
Ford River Rouge complex
LocationDearborn, Michigan, United States
Coordinates42°18′32″N 83°09′43″W / 42.309°N 83.162°W / 42.309; -83.162
Area900 acres (360 ha) (landmarked area)
Built1917–1928
ArchitectAlbert Kahn
Visitation148,000 (2017)
NRHP reference No.78001516
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 2, 1978[1]
Designated NHLDJune 2, 1978[2]
Designated MSHSDecember 14, 1976

The Ford River Rouge complex (commonly known as the Rouge complex, River Rouge, or The Rouge) is a Ford Motor Company automobile factory complex located in Dearborn, Michigan, along the River Rouge, upstream from its confluence with the Detroit River at Zug Island. Construction began in 1917, and when it was completed in 1928, it was the largest integrated factory in the world, surpassing Buick City, built in 1904.

It inspired the Île Seguin Renault factory in 1920,[3] the GAZ factory built in the 1930s in the Soviet Union, the Volkswagen factory near Fallersleben in Germany from 1938, as well as the later Hyundai factory complex in Ulsan, South Korea, which was developed beginning in the late 1960s.[4] Designed by Albert Kahn, River Rouge was designated as a National Historic Landmark District in 1978 for its architecture and historical importance to the industry and economy of the United States.[5]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "Ford River Rouge Complex". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 6, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
  3. ^ "The Île Seguin Renault Factory". Architectuul. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  4. ^ Link, Stefan J. (2020). Forging global Fordism : Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and the contest over the industrial order. Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 978-0-691-20798-8. OCLC 1159626809.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ "NHL nomination for Ford River Rouge Complex". National Park Service. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

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